When she was 97, Clara gave up mowing the lawn
October 12th 2008 07:34
Happy birthday Clara Meadmore. She was born in Glasgow on 11 October, 1903, making her 105 years old yesterday.
She was nine years old when the Titanic sank, and she spent her working life as a secretary because going to university was an option which too often proved too hard for women in the 1920s. She has lived in Egypt, Canada and New Zealand. She retired 40 years ago to Cornwall in England, and she retired eight years ago from mowing her own lawn.
Her 105th birthday made news around the world yesterday, for reasons which have nothing to do with any of the above.
Clara Meadmore is making headlines because she has claimed that she never had the time nor the inclination for sex.
Britain's tabloids - mass media for the minimally particular - are calling her the UK's oldest virgin, but as usual they are ignoring reality for the sake of a shock headline.
"When I was a girl you only had sex with your husband, and I never married," she said. "I've always had lots of platonic friendships with men but never felt the need to go further than that or marry." You can't say fairer or straighter than that.
She also reportedly had a "drop of wine" to celebrate her birthday. Cheers Clara.
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